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today's agenda includes a bill that will prohibit the obama installation does obama administration involving work programs. bill cassidy of louisiana will talk about the affect of the healthcare law on jobs. representative when more -- when more is a member of the house budget committee. she will discuss a bud
today's agenda includes a bill that will prohibit the obama installation does obama administration involving work programs. bill cassidy of louisiana will talk about the affect of the healthcare law on jobs. representative when more -- when more is a member of the house budget committee. she will discuss a bud
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it is bad for president obama and bad for this body. it is bad for national security and bad for economic security. that is why it is time to get the senate working again. not for a democratic majority or a future republican majority but for the good of the united states of america. it is time to change the senate before this institution becomes obsolete. at the beginning of this congress, the republican leader pledged that this congress should be more bipartisan than the last congress. we are told in scripture. take the old testament. the book of numbers. promises, pledges, one must not break his word. in january, republicans promised to work with the majority to process nominations and a timely manner by unanimous consent except in extraordinary circumstances. exactly three weeks later, republicans mounted a first in history filibuster of a highly qualified nominee for secretary of defense. despite being a former republican senator, being a decorated war hero, chuck hagel's nomination was pending in the senate for a record 34 days. mo
it is bad for president obama and bad for this body. it is bad for national security and bad for economic security. that is why it is time to get the senate working again. not for a democratic majority or a future republican majority but for the good of the united states of america. it is time to change the senate before this institution becomes obsolete. at the beginning of this congress, the republican leader pledged that this congress should be more bipartisan than the last congress. we are...
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should the obama administration be surprised by this? >> i don't think they're surprised, the mistake obama made in 2009 and 2010, when he had the congress and he had, you know, a stronger wind at his back, should have filled some of the vacancies faster. since the mid terms, it has been obstruction, obstruction, obstruction, all the way down the line. three times as much obstruction as his predecessor. i think it is a dress rehearsal for a battle over quite possibly justice ginsberg's replacement. they want to show that they can overcome this obstruction, overcome the filibuster, if they do it on the three nominees, they can do it for supreme court justice nominees. >> this is a game i have to say in my experience the republicans have always been better at playing, they always understood that the federal bench is the most important thing the president controls and the minute you take that oath of office, you have to start filling every vacancy you have, and what the congressional senate republicans know is it is so important, we're goin
should the obama administration be surprised by this? >> i don't think they're surprised, the mistake obama made in 2009 and 2010, when he had the congress and he had, you know, a stronger wind at his back, should have filled some of the vacancies faster. since the mid terms, it has been obstruction, obstruction, obstruction, all the way down the line. three times as much obstruction as his predecessor. i think it is a dress rehearsal for a battle over quite possibly justice ginsberg's...
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about the obama administration's abuse of power. we know the obama administration showed contempt for the normal legislative process in a number of ways. when congress refused to enforce card check for labor unions, the administration turned unelected bureaucrats at the national labor relations bureau, the nlrb. when congress refused to on a bipartisan basis to pass cap-and-trade energy taxes, the administration turned to unelected bureaucrats, the environmental protection agency. indeed, now president obama has authorized the e.p.a. to regulate virtually every aspect of the american economy without congressional approval, even though the e.p.a. itself has acknowledged that its proposed greenhouse gas rule would not have a notable impact on u.s. carbon dioxide emissions during the next decade. the obama administration is acting in a lawless manner in other ways as well. in early 2011, more than two years before the supreme court ruled on the defense of marriage act, president obama ordered his justice department to stop defending th
about the obama administration's abuse of power. we know the obama administration showed contempt for the normal legislative process in a number of ways. when congress refused to enforce card check for labor unions, the administration turned unelected bureaucrats at the national labor relations bureau, the nlrb. when congress refused to on a bipartisan basis to pass cap-and-trade energy taxes, the administration turned to unelected bureaucrats, the environmental protection agency. indeed, now...
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basically obama has -- republicans claim that obama has tried to tack the dc circuit court with judges that republicans think they don't need and would pad it and make it a democratic jurisdiction and so republicans have been blocking all of obama's nominees for that reason. and as a result harry reid finally said he invoked the nuclear option which means only 51 votes than 60 votes to accrue judges. he will not do that for supreme court justices. republicans said if they do the nuclear option, the republicans will use it in spades back in the democrats if they get back in the senate. >> harry reid, the way he justified doing this nominees deserve an up or down vote and they can't just be filibustered away and the president deserved his team. does that rational make sense? >> it makes sense on the merits if you look at it in isolation. the problem with the judicial sites. there is hypochris. republicans stop democratic judges using means available to them. democrats stop the republican judges. it is a legislative branch and the stakes are so high that both pears will pull out all of th
basically obama has -- republicans claim that obama has tried to tack the dc circuit court with judges that republicans think they don't need and would pad it and make it a democratic jurisdiction and so republicans have been blocking all of obama's nominees for that reason. and as a result harry reid finally said he invoked the nuclear option which means only 51 votes than 60 votes to accrue judges. he will not do that for supreme court justices. republicans said if they do the nuclear option,...
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election over the next few months and it is important to the window is so small they think president obama looks at the next 3-1/2 years but they don't realize he looks at such a short window before he is the lame duck and we have another election that will be starting this fall once they get through september. >> once you get close to thanksgiving that opportunity with the budget because the new fiscal year begins october 1st and then there is the temporary measure also to the economy if you do a short-term measure of the budget, and the agencies have to work at the lower level. i discovered with low-income fuel systems with one individual who depends on the program but the agency could not rent at the higher amount and the smaller portion was not enough to fill the tank so it does have consequences. >> host: that is what your book does so well to talk rob the importance of the process that people ignore but it is so critical for problem solving. we will take a quick break and we will come right back to discuss more of your book. >> host: we're back with olympia snowe talking about her bo
election over the next few months and it is important to the window is so small they think president obama looks at the next 3-1/2 years but they don't realize he looks at such a short window before he is the lame duck and we have another election that will be starting this fall once they get through september. >> once you get close to thanksgiving that opportunity with the budget because the new fiscal year begins october 1st and then there is the temporary measure also to the economy if...
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it is president obama and n.i.h. director francis collins but also house majority leader eric cantor, house to party caucus under michele bachmann and former house speaker newt gingrich joined and determination to initiate alzheimer's research funding by it several senators, in fact, the entire congress, every last member of congress have voted unanimously about two years ago to about the national alzheimer's project act and create the first ever national plan to address alzheimer's disease which has in its most recent update a consensus plan, and business plan to stop and effectively prevent alzheimer's by the year 2025, but that plan depends upon scientific investment that the sequester not only prevents from being increased but erodes the slight investment we already have. so who else is for that increased investments. i would argue the entire american people. the 5 million who live with this disease today, 15 million who are carriers today, and all the rest of the american population and live in fear of their fam
it is president obama and n.i.h. director francis collins but also house majority leader eric cantor, house to party caucus under michele bachmann and former house speaker newt gingrich joined and determination to initiate alzheimer's research funding by it several senators, in fact, the entire congress, every last member of congress have voted unanimously about two years ago to about the national alzheimer's project act and create the first ever national plan to address alzheimer's disease...
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circuit that president obama has put forward. republicans refuse to give them an up-or-down vote, a simple yes or no vote. republicans simply don't want president bush to make any appointments at all to this final court, none, zero. further, only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. 230-plus years, three, last four and a half years, 20. that's not fair. with one out of every ten federal judgeships vacant, millions of americans will rely on courts that are overworked and understaffed are being denied the justice they rightly deserve. mr. president, more than half of the nation's population lives in parts of the country that have been declared a judicial emergency. no one has worked harder than the presiding officer to move judges. the presiding officer is the chairman also of the judiciary committee. no one knows the problem more than the presiding officer. mr. president, the american people are fed up w
circuit that president obama has put forward. republicans refuse to give them an up-or-down vote, a simple yes or no vote. republicans simply don't want president bush to make any appointments at all to this final court, none, zero. further, only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. 230-plus years, three, last four and a half years, 20. that's not fair. with one out...
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half have occurred during the obama administration. this is what "the washington post" said who looked at it. leader reid's figures confused cloture motions with filibusters, the response to those requests. so just making a request isn't a filibuster. it's actually making a filibuster response to the motion. he said this was despite the clear admonition of the june congressional research service report that cloture motions don't correspond with filibusters. apparently senator reid hasn't had a chance to read it, wanted to ignore it, didn't fit the scenario, the story he was trying to weave. they went on to say since the majority leader files nearly all cloture motions senator reid himself, it says, created the very statistic that he relied upon to force a rule change. senator reid himself by filing all thesing cloture motions, he is the one who created the very statistic that he relied upon to force a rules change. many of these "the washington post" reports were clearly unnecessary. in fact, they say 32% of all cloture motions in the
half have occurred during the obama administration. this is what "the washington post" said who looked at it. leader reid's figures confused cloture motions with filibusters, the response to those requests. so just making a request isn't a filibuster. it's actually making a filibuster response to the motion. he said this was despite the clear admonition of the june congressional research service report that cloture motions don't correspond with filibusters. apparently senator reid...
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that is one of the big ideas of the obama presidency, right? essentially, reorienting how america deals with the world away from the u.s. military and toward u.s. diplomacy. to upscale our soft power capacity as a country so we have more options beyond just the option of force. this president did a lot to advance that idea simply by putting somebody as high profile as hillary clinton in the job of america's head diplomat. but the overall goal of upscaling state, upscaling diplomacy and development so they are right up there with defense, like she said today, that is widely regarded as a goal that is not yet realized. secretary clinton alluded to that fact today when she said she now plans to become an advocate for that cause from the outside. it is, frankly, easy to imagine that as the core for her return to public life and politics for hillary clinton at some point, but we shall see. the secretary also reflected today on how she is really leaving public life for the first time in a very long time. and she suggested that that might make her a l
that is one of the big ideas of the obama presidency, right? essentially, reorienting how america deals with the world away from the u.s. military and toward u.s. diplomacy. to upscale our soft power capacity as a country so we have more options beyond just the option of force. this president did a lot to advance that idea simply by putting somebody as high profile as hillary clinton in the job of america's head diplomat. but the overall goal of upscaling state, upscaling diplomacy and...
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the role in health care is fascinating and we really enjoy all of your back-and-forth with president obama which was always constructive. it is illustrative of the political tension have refused to debate and what happened to it and why it is having so many problems now. before we move on, there is a lot about your thoughts on the system and i wanted to ask you have a fascinating mention of joshua agreement on a 2007 peace on the plan for the realignment from 2,004 and in this you've listed that he had five components and which he hoped to pull democrats into the party and divided the democratic party and permanently he liked republicans to the longstanding durable majority. and the included education standards, the faith based initiatives, privatization of social security and the health care accounts and partial immigration reform. today the party is on pressure to expand. they've lost one more time. in order to win a coalition for the white house. because they do well on the electoral, excuse me, midterm cycles so it is over more so there is pressure to even acknowledge climate change is
the role in health care is fascinating and we really enjoy all of your back-and-forth with president obama which was always constructive. it is illustrative of the political tension have refused to debate and what happened to it and why it is having so many problems now. before we move on, there is a lot about your thoughts on the system and i wanted to ask you have a fascinating mention of joshua agreement on a 2007 peace on the plan for the realignment from 2,004 and in this you've listed...
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this is a bad, bad week for barack obama, isn't it? >> it is, for the president and i think the sooner he can get ahead of it and the white house and to address all these issues and these concerns, the better off they will be and certainly the country. >> this whole thing of transparency, this is about as far removed from transparency as you can get. justice department sneaking around with reporters' phone records, the irs attacking the tea party for overt political reasons, benghazi. you put it all together, it's a mess. >> well, it is, in the sense also the american people, you know, are already losing confidence in their institutions and now this just compounds their fears and their affirmations. >> i get a sense everything is being done now, whether on the republican side or the democrat side, everything is being done for pure political reasons. the national interest of america seems to be secondary to that. >> it is. that's unfortunate but you're right. that's exactly why i made the decision to leave the united states senate. wond
this is a bad, bad week for barack obama, isn't it? >> it is, for the president and i think the sooner he can get ahead of it and the white house and to address all these issues and these concerns, the better off they will be and certainly the country. >> this whole thing of transparency, this is about as far removed from transparency as you can get. justice department sneaking around with reporters' phone records, the irs attacking the tea party for overt political reasons,...
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and there's a lot of frustration among republicans as just a policy matter that the obama administration is not doing more to support the opposition there, not intervening a little more in terms of giving support to the rebels and he will probably answer questions about that, and generally questions about the arab spring overall, what's going on with egypt, what's going on with morsi, those problems ought to be at the forefront. >> different also because he has already been a presidential candidate. and i'm wondering, you know, in terms of contrasting it, ron, yesterday with hillary clinton, a lot of people interpreted some of the answers she gave as looking ahead to 2016. john kerry has wanted to be secretary of state. it's no big surprise that this is a role he has coveted. but for people out there who don't follow politics as close as we might, they might ask a question, why. here is a guy who has been in the senate since 1984. he's been a presidential nominee. why this, why now? >> well, there's two jobs he's always wanted. first, he wanted to be president of the united states and he
and there's a lot of frustration among republicans as just a policy matter that the obama administration is not doing more to support the opposition there, not intervening a little more in terms of giving support to the rebels and he will probably answer questions about that, and generally questions about the arab spring overall, what's going on with egypt, what's going on with morsi, those problems ought to be at the forefront. >> different also because he has already been a presidential...
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it is obama care ii in that sense. senator levin said, repeating senator vandenberg's words after world war ii, united states senate in which the majority can do anything it wants, any time it wants, is a senate without rules. it would be like the red sox falling behind in boston and saying to the cardinals, we're the home team, we'll add a few innings until we can score some runs. this is a senate without rules. and it's done -- >> that's lamar alexander and mitch mcconnell, republican leaders, in the u.s. senate, blasting harry reid, senate majority lead somewhere democrats for dramatically changing rules of the game. rules in place for a long time. dana, they just decided to do this. they passed this change, you no longer need 60 voted to block a presidential nominee. you only need majority 51. ever since i've been reporting here in washington, that filibuster has been in place, 60-vote requirement has been in place, but now for the first time it has changed and democrats are making what point in arguing for this dr
it is obama care ii in that sense. senator levin said, repeating senator vandenberg's words after world war ii, united states senate in which the majority can do anything it wants, any time it wants, is a senate without rules. it would be like the red sox falling behind in boston and saying to the cardinals, we're the home team, we'll add a few innings until we can score some runs. this is a senate without rules. and it's done -- >> that's lamar alexander and mitch mcconnell, republican...
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everybody that the obama coalition contains in order to win a coalition for the white house because they do well in midterm cycles. so there is pressure, even to acknowledge climate change as a result of nanometer dvd, embrace marriage, something may be on guns and of course immigration reform. what is your race about how to thought? >> guest: president reagan is a good example. but he believed in the effect of government. rather than one that was amply eviscerated. he talked about opportunity and how we have a responsibility to create the opportunity for individuals to flourish and expand on their own potential. we should be about hope and the opportunity that we want for the american people to aspire to. or rather, it's all about negativity. that's about the government. frankly, government has an import role, so we we've repositioned out boldly in terms of the language, but also in terms of the policy does speak to young women, hispanics, you've got to show you are embracing not folding it in to what i call an out of because that's what we are today based on immigration, absolutely. ou
everybody that the obama coalition contains in order to win a coalition for the white house because they do well in midterm cycles. so there is pressure, even to acknowledge climate change as a result of nanometer dvd, embrace marriage, something may be on guns and of course immigration reform. what is your race about how to thought? >> guest: president reagan is a good example. but he believed in the effect of government. rather than one that was amply eviscerated. he talked about...
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it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only care for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states senate. the greatest deliberative body in the world, the only legislative body i am aware of where a majority does not get to do anything it wants to at any point without confrontation with the minority. so i am not interested in discussing a possible reprisal. i do not think it is good for the senate. there is a lot of nervousness on the democratic side. they are in a panic about obamacare. the majority leader is desperately trying to change the subject. we want to get back on the subject. for most americans look for what they are thinking about right now is they are losing their h
it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only care for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states senate. the greatest deliberative body in the world, the only...
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sident obama in johannesburg, south africa. paying their respects at the memorial service for nelson mandela. the presidentnd first lady are on their way home, returning late tonight. i am lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ lou: of the president and first lady returning from the nelson mandela moral service. the president and mrs. obama are expected tt land at andrews air force base at approximately midnight tonight. the president president of michelle obama spent most of their time traveling from washington and back. in just about 40 hours. and after their exhausting travel, the president and first lady are returning to the white house in turmoil. the president facing more plunging approval ratings. as the president honored mandela, the white house announced the administration has turned to the clinton era for help. former clinton chief of staff john podesta returns to the white house to serve as what the obama administration calls a counselor to the president after a series of scandals, misrepresentations, misstatements, and contradictio
sident obama in johannesburg, south africa. paying their respects at the memorial service for nelson mandela. the presidentnd first lady are on their way home, returning late tonight. i am lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ lou: of the president and first lady returning from the nelson mandela moral service. the president and mrs. obama are expected tt land at andrews air force base at approximately midnight tonight. the president president of michelle obama spent most of their time traveling from...
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if you look at -- if you look at obama care, there's another point in there, plus in 25% negative effect on the capital gains tax. so there's taxes hidden all over the place in addition to the one we recognize. the bottom line here is we're willing to sit down and talk about ways to continue to strengthen the nation's economy. we just had a little problem finding somebody to sit down and talk to. >> can i add quickly open to the possibility of revenue -- >> we always have been open to the possibility of looking to ways to expand revenue including as bruce said all of the things you can do if you move in a sensible way on energy and the things you can do if you're going to look at some ways to alter the tax collection system that make it better for companies by giving up some deductions to get some benefit. look, we're wide open to talking about fixing this country. we're just not wide open to continue this deal harry reid said we won't talk to anybody unless we get $1 billion -- $1 trillion of new income tax. good luck, harry, ain't happening. >> a quick one. >> you talked about the stud
if you look at -- if you look at obama care, there's another point in there, plus in 25% negative effect on the capital gains tax. so there's taxes hidden all over the place in addition to the one we recognize. the bottom line here is we're willing to sit down and talk about ways to continue to strengthen the nation's economy. we just had a little problem finding somebody to sit down and talk to. >> can i add quickly open to the possibility of revenue -- >> we always have been open...
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recently president obama changed the calculus for polluters. carbon pollution standards for new and existing power plants -- no more unchecked carbon dumping. 50 power plants emit one out of every eight tons of america's carbon dioxide emissions. these 50 dirtiest u.s. power plants emit more than canada, emit more than korea. when the big polluters see the cost of complying with those new standards coming down at them, they may take a second look at an economywide carbon fee. and here's a news flash chon when the polluters' calculus begins to chairng the political calculus here in congress will change, too. nothing says we have to wait for the polluterrers to figure this out on their schedule. there are armies on our side. it's not just the environmental groups like the natural resources defense council, league of conservation voters, environmental defense fund, see ira club, or national wildlife federation. it's not just virtually every major scientific organization like the american association for the advancement of science, the american geo
recently president obama changed the calculus for polluters. carbon pollution standards for new and existing power plants -- no more unchecked carbon dumping. 50 power plants emit one out of every eight tons of america's carbon dioxide emissions. these 50 dirtiest u.s. power plants emit more than canada, emit more than korea. when the big polluters see the cost of complying with those new standards coming down at them, they may take a second look at an economywide carbon fee. and here's a news...
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. >> i want to ask you about president obama in a moment. but putting him aside you've worked with every president since ronald reagan as a staff or a member of congress. explain your interaction with these presidents over the years. who do you remember the most? >> as a staffer, obviously, i was a staffer for bob michaels during the reagan years. and then vice president bush, herbert walker bush was elected president. so we obviously worked closely for four years where that administration. then president clinton and so for me, i think the closeness the presidency was really .ore apparent but once i got elected, you know, in 1994, you know, obviously president clinton was president then. and we got to know president clinton very well. but for me the closeness was president bush. i was on the intelligence committee. i heard all the information about weapons of mass in ruction and i was here 9/11. i think there was a kinsship and a closeness with president bush who i admire and think was a very good president. but mostly because i was in the p
. >> i want to ask you about president obama in a moment. but putting him aside you've worked with every president since ronald reagan as a staff or a member of congress. explain your interaction with these presidents over the years. who do you remember the most? >> as a staffer, obviously, i was a staffer for bob michaels during the reagan years. and then vice president bush, herbert walker bush was elected president. so we obviously worked closely for four years where that...
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. >> and that is the president obama. i don't have a lot of confidence in the economy at all. the cloture vote to end debate has now finished in the united states senate. which means we're standing by on the vote to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown. that's what you're seeing there, once that's done it goes to the house. i hear them calling names at the moment. it's a procedure vote. but still we're close. >>> the neighborhood cafe and wine bar did not take a hit over the last 16 days of the shutdown but it's owner was worried that it could. ben gilligan said that he was more frustrated more than anything else. three miles north of where i am. i'm at the museum, by the way. ben, how is business, and is there relief amongst d.c. dwellers that this thing is about to be over? >> absolutely. it's one of those situations that frustration seems to mount as things go on. i sense that a lot of people are happy, and hopefully this is coming to an end. >> in the end this didn't hurt your business, but you're a business owner. you have cash flow. you've got 35 people
. >> and that is the president obama. i don't have a lot of confidence in the economy at all. the cloture vote to end debate has now finished in the united states senate. which means we're standing by on the vote to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown. that's what you're seeing there, once that's done it goes to the house. i hear them calling names at the moment. it's a procedure vote. but still we're close. >>> the neighborhood cafe and wine bar did not take a...
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and they want them decided in favor of president obama. they want the courts to legislate from the bench that which they could never get through the united states senate or the house of representatives. this is a power grab. nothing more, nothing less. and it appears that the ends justifies the means, that short-term political gains justify long-term institutional damage. i urge my colleagues from the freshmen to the senior members to take some guidance from our own predecessors. senator mike mansfield, a leading democrat, majority leader of the senate, he served in the minority and later became majority leader. in 1975 when senators also proposed forcing a rules change by a simple majority, he said that this tactic would, let me quote him -- "destroy the very uniqueness of this body and diminish the senate as an institution of this government." it would he said -- quote -- "alter the concept of the senate so drastically that i cannot under any circumstances find any justification for it." that was the democrat leader in the united states
and they want them decided in favor of president obama. they want the courts to legislate from the bench that which they could never get through the united states senate or the house of representatives. this is a power grab. nothing more, nothing less. and it appears that the ends justifies the means, that short-term political gains justify long-term institutional damage. i urge my colleagues from the freshmen to the senior members to take some guidance from our own predecessors. senator mike...
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but at the top of that name is barack obama. president obama. he is at the top of the food chain. >> all right. here is another one of your tweets. 700 irs contract workers owe 5.4 million in back taxes. why -- they should be working off their taxes we shouldn't be paying them if they owe that much money let them work off 00 taxes they owe before we start paying them. >> for two terms in a row now we have passed a bill that i sponsored that says federal contractors must pay their federal taxes or they will be predicted from getting federal contracts. that seems like an obvious, easy, simple thing to do. it was something that candidate barack obama as senator supported. he each passed that bill. guess what, we passed that months and months ago. it is just sitting stalled in the united states senate. they somehow can't seem to garner enough votes and enough support in the united states senate to say if you don't pay your federal taxes you shouldn't get a contract. it's simple basics, greta. >> how can this possibly be? i understand different ideol
but at the top of that name is barack obama. president obama. he is at the top of the food chain. >> all right. here is another one of your tweets. 700 irs contract workers owe 5.4 million in back taxes. why -- they should be working off their taxes we shouldn't be paying them if they owe that much money let them work off 00 taxes they owe before we start paying them. >> for two terms in a row now we have passed a bill that i sponsored that says federal contractors must pay their...
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president obama doesn't want to talk about the ways his health care law picks winners and losers. he doesn't want to talk about the many, many losers under his plan. enroll america doesn't want to level with the american people to tell people that the health insurance that they get under the president's law might be one that is not the best for them. if we're going to truly reform our health care system in this country, the president and his allies should start by telling the american people how his law falls short. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is now closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 744, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 80, s. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other p
president obama doesn't want to talk about the ways his health care law picks winners and losers. he doesn't want to talk about the many, many losers under his plan. enroll america doesn't want to level with the american people to tell people that the health insurance that they get under the president's law might be one that is not the best for them. if we're going to truly reform our health care system in this country, the president and his allies should start by telling the american people...
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>>warner: later that afternoon, hassan rouhani and obama conversed by twefl. several yo uranium mines, plutom are strictly for civilian use. echoed that message but held firm on teheran's right to enrich. >> negotiation are on the table, to discuss iran's right to enrichment program. our rights to enrich is off the table. >> but you do not need to enrich it above 20%. >> we do not need military grade uranium that is a certainty and we will not move in that direction. >> negotiators from the u.s. and five other powers are set to meet with in october. secretary of state j.k. will address the issue again when he goes before the u.n. general assembly tomorrow. >> margaret, this was a meeting that a lot of officials were waiting for. >> what struck me judy was even though prime minister he said of course, israel is going to insist that iran not acquire nuclear weapons capability but president obama and i are in agreement on that. the one sort of discordant note if you read between the lines or looked at one line had to do with sanctions. he said not only should san
>>warner: later that afternoon, hassan rouhani and obama conversed by twefl. several yo uranium mines, plutom are strictly for civilian use. echoed that message but held firm on teheran's right to enrich. >> negotiation are on the table, to discuss iran's right to enrichment program. our rights to enrich is off the table. >> but you do not need to enrich it above 20%. >> we do not need military grade uranium that is a certainty and we will not move in that direction....
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president obama's facing intense criticism as thousands of health care plans get canceled under new obama care rules. when he campaigned for his sig nuature health care law, the president repeatedly said if you like your plan, you can keep it. now, in an interview with ozzie.com former president clinton said president obama should keep his promise.
president obama's facing intense criticism as thousands of health care plans get canceled under new obama care rules. when he campaigned for his sig nuature health care law, the president repeatedly said if you like your plan, you can keep it. now, in an interview with ozzie.com former president clinton said president obama should keep his promise.
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. >> president obama has spent most of his political capitol on gun control. should he refocus on this monument free trade agreement? >> he doesn't have to. >> yes or no? >> he gets other people to do it. >> he could propel him with a terrific intellectual background. >> i agree. i think obama has to have an economic -- >> it doesn't sound like it. >> it's a trade deal. >> you're suspicious of everything. issue agreed. >> i think it's the saddest phone call i've ever had in my life. he told me pastor stevens passed away. >> gregory hicks is a state department veteran of 22 years. he testified to chairman darryl's committee this week that he's investigating the event 7 months ago when the u.s. was attacked. all militants set fire to the compound until four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya, jay christopher stevens. second in command was gregory hicks and he was stationed 400 miles away. on wednesday of this week and six hours of testimony mr. hicks described point by point the actions that unfolded that night including frantic phone calls and the
. >> president obama has spent most of his political capitol on gun control. should he refocus on this monument free trade agreement? >> he doesn't have to. >> yes or no? >> he gets other people to do it. >> he could propel him with a terrific intellectual background. >> i agree. i think obama has to have an economic -- >> it doesn't sound like it. >> it's a trade deal. >> you're suspicious of everything. issue agreed. >> i think it's...
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obama care is here. it is time for the obama administration to level with americans about what's happening here. it is time to stop blaming republicans and start talking about what needs to change." so it's interesting to see that "the chicago tribune," the president hometown paper, is calling for exactly what i have been calling for since july -- out tone-yerar time protect the american people from the harmful effects of this law, a law the president has announced his not ready for prime time, a law that the president himself has indicated he is not willing to follow as was written. athis was again exactly what we were arguing for in july and now appears in the president hometown paper. almost everyone but the president seems to recognize that this law is going to be terrible for the american people. it is costing jobs, hurting families, making people's health care situation worse, and it will not solve the problems in our broken health care system. let me be clear -- there will be very real consequence
obama care is here. it is time for the obama administration to level with americans about what's happening here. it is time to stop blaming republicans and start talking about what needs to change." so it's interesting to see that "the chicago tribune," the president hometown paper, is calling for exactly what i have been calling for since july -- out tone-yerar time protect the american people from the harmful effects of this law, a law the president has announced his not ready...
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first, the obama administration's view. dan pfeiffer is a senior adviser to the president. he joins me now from the white house. newshour dan pfeiffer. let me just cite to you what republican leaders in the housing are saying this afternoon. they've modified their position somewhat. they're no longer insisting on a full delay or defunding of the health care law. they're now saying only if the president will only agree to delay the individual mandate, because they say after all, he's already delayed the business mandate. would the president consider that? >> my apology, we are not able to hear dan pfeiffer, can you hear me now? >> can you hear me now judy? >> there we go. i had a long winded question about whether the president would consider what the house republican leadership is now saying which is delay the individual mandate. >> no, the president will not consider that. the house is continuing to pass legislation they know will never become law. they know it will never pass the united states senate. it will never be signed by the president. they are trying to use the th
first, the obama administration's view. dan pfeiffer is a senior adviser to the president. he joins me now from the white house. newshour dan pfeiffer. let me just cite to you what republican leaders in the housing are saying this afternoon. they've modified their position somewhat. they're no longer insisting on a full delay or defunding of the health care law. they're now saying only if the president will only agree to delay the individual mandate, because they say after all, he's already...
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and i think the obama administration understands that. they had pushed early on and continue for a more cooperative approach. let us work with our allies to try to figure out how we solve these problems instead of assuming that the has to show up and fix it. that expectation is something we cannot meet. that's why, for instance, in afghanistan everything that happens is our fault. either we didn't do enough, or we did too much. we pulled out, you know, after the soviets fell and after najibullah full, and that led to problems. now we're back in -- we have got to set more realistic expectations and, as i said, work with local partners, work with international lies to try to fix the problem. this is going to be a long, tough battle. we are not going to be universeally loved while we are trying to protect our country from al-qaeda and their various affiliates. we have to continue to prosecute that war, but i think we make some of those changes i mentioned, we can prosecute it more effectively in a way that will give us a better chance of win
and i think the obama administration understands that. they had pushed early on and continue for a more cooperative approach. let us work with our allies to try to figure out how we solve these problems instead of assuming that the has to show up and fix it. that expectation is something we cannot meet. that's why, for instance, in afghanistan everything that happens is our fault. either we didn't do enough, or we did too much. we pulled out, you know, after the soviets fell and after...
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in this case to the obama foundation. while at the same time, you have an effective management when it goes to the conservative groups. i don't know -- this is the personally -- i don't know if i would call that ineffective management. this seems to be targeted, is it not? >> welcome again in this instance the reason we deem this an effective management is because when identified by the manager that there was a problem, she attempted or did actually affect the change, but unbeknownst to her we assumed at this stage people referred it back to inappropriate behavior. and then there seems to have them for quite a while the lack of accountability in terms of someone going back to see whether they are doing what we told them to do, and the answer was no for quite awhile. then of course the groups that were targeted in this instance. so, that's how i come out the use of the term. >> and i and a stand that. but again, when you have it on the other side -- and i don't know how many of these cases there are -- but when the obama a
in this case to the obama foundation. while at the same time, you have an effective management when it goes to the conservative groups. i don't know -- this is the personally -- i don't know if i would call that ineffective management. this seems to be targeted, is it not? >> welcome again in this instance the reason we deem this an effective management is because when identified by the manager that there was a problem, she attempted or did actually affect the change, but unbeknownst to...
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president obama won reelection campaigning for the middle- class. this keeps those parties and we ought to support it. >> the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, continues to reserve. >> i now yield two minutes to danny davis, our colleague from illinois and soon to be joining us on ways and means. >> recognized for 2 minutes. >> thank you. i have never seen a compromise where everybody got everything that they wanted or liked everything that they got. i certainly do not like everything that i see in this bill. and i certainly did not get everything that i wanted. but i do like the fact that senior citizens can go to the doctors because they are being paid a reasonable rate. i do not like the fact that some of the health programs in my community, a disproportionate hospitals all across the country are being cut. i discussed two phone calls a few minutes ago from two constituents, one from oak park, ill., one from west chester. they both did all they could to convince me to vote against this bill. after listening to them, i then told them, do you know
president obama won reelection campaigning for the middle- class. this keeps those parties and we ought to support it. >> the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, continues to reserve. >> i now yield two minutes to danny davis, our colleague from illinois and soon to be joining us on ways and means. >> recognized for 2 minutes. >> thank you. i have never seen a compromise where everybody got everything that they wanted or liked everything that they got. i certainly do not...
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this is the cabinet of barack obama. and i'm -- i believe that elections have consequences and if you're the governor or the president of the ute, you have an obligation to nominate good people. the president nominated somebody we didn't know. i think this person was unanimously confirmed by the committee and the senate for the top position at epa four years ago. she is not somebody that comes ises.f left field on these she is someone who has actually worked for republican governors before. not one, not two, not three, not four, but for five. five republican governors, somehow she is just unacceptable. i worry about something i call executive branch swiss cheese, and when i say that, i'm talking about an administration -- i don't care if it's this administration, republican, past or future, but when you have cabinet positions that are vacant, are filled by acting people, deputies that are positioned deputy secretary that are vacant 0, are sis accept secretaries or undersecretaries where you don't have somebody in a confi
this is the cabinet of barack obama. and i'm -- i believe that elections have consequences and if you're the governor or the president of the ute, you have an obligation to nominate good people. the president nominated somebody we didn't know. i think this person was unanimously confirmed by the committee and the senate for the top position at epa four years ago. she is not somebody that comes ises.f left field on these she is someone who has actually worked for republican governors before. not...